by admin | Dec 29, 2025 | 3 John, Balaam, Balak and the 24,000, Section Seven
The story of Balaam and Balak has been too fruitful to abandon. To continue I’ll introduce the “24,000” (Numbers 25:1-5 ESV). While Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to whore with the daughters of Moab. These invited the people to the sacrifices of their...
by admin | Jun 10, 2014 | Condemnation or Judgment?, Section Three
The third assumption I found in Richard Wayne Garganta’s attempt to eliminate “hell talk” from the Bible was: 3) Punishment is not merely consequential but effectual in purging or purifying sin. I’ve selected a quote from “Bible Threatenings Explained”[1] that led me...